User`s guide
52 34410A/11A/L4411A User’s Guide
2Features and Functions
• Remote Interface Operation: The following commands set the integration time 
in NPLC:
[SENSe:]VOLTage[:DC]:NPLC {<
PLCs
>>MIN>MAX>DEF}
[SENSe:]CURRent[:DC]:NPLC {<
PLCs
>>MIN>MAX>DEF}
[SENSe:]RESistance:NPLC {<
PLCs
>>MIN>MAX>DEF}
[SENSe:]FRESistance:NPLC {<
PLCs
>>MIN>MAX>DEF}
[SENSe:]TEMPerature:NPLC {<
PLCs
>>MIN>MAX>DEF}
Each of these commands also has a query form.
Refer to the Agilent 34410A/11A/L4411A Programmer’s Reference Help for 
a complete description and syntax for these commands.
Aperture mode.  Aperture is the period, measured in seconds, during which 
the multimeter’s analog–to–digital (A/D) converter samples the input signal 
for a measurement. A longer aperture yields better resolution; a shorter 
aperture provides for faster measurements. This mode allows the user to set a 
specific integration time, not based on power–line frequency. Values range 
from 100 μs to 1 second for the 34410A, and from 20 μs to 1 second for the 
34411A/L4411A.
• To allow for normal mode (line frequency noise) rejection, select the NPLC 
option for INTEGRATION, with an integral number of NPLCs. Use the APERTURE 
method only if you need precise control over the multimeter’s integration 
time, in seconds.
• Front Panel Operation: Select a dc measurement function (DC V, DC I, Ω 2W, 
Ω 4W or Te m p ). Press   as required:
...
 > INTEGRATION > APERTURE 
Use the navigation keypad to set the desired aperture value, and press  . 
Then step through or exit the configuration menu.
• Remote Interface Operation: The following commands set the aperture value, 
in seconds:
[SENSe:]VOLTage[:DC]:APERture {<
seconds
>>MIN>MAX>DEF}
[SENSe:]CURRent[:DC]:APERture {<
seconds
>>MIN>MAX>DEF}
[SENSe:]RESistance:APERture {<
seconds
>>MIN>MAX>DEF}
[SENSe:]FRESistance:APERture {<
seconds
>>MIN>MAX>DEF}
[SENSe:]TEMPerature:APERture {<
seconds
>>MIN>MAX>DEF}
Each of these commands also has a query form.
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